Thank you for your hard work during the September - December 2022 certification period! Despite the successful certification of 7,402 effort statements, we had 1 write-off for the period. To avoid write-offs in the future, Effort Coordinators should communicate with their PIs, as well as FCR, to ensure certification is completed.
If employees in your area change employee types (hourly/salaried) mid-pay period, please be sure to review the effort statement shortly after the transition occurs. Ensure salary distribution around the time of the transfer is appropriately reflected on the effort statement(s). Email SPARhelp when you notice discrepancies in ECC due to employee transfers. The sooner you reach out to FCR, the sooner we can have the statement corrected.
Remember to process all required summer appointment and payroll paperwork timely so that less-than-annual faculty members receive payment for work performed in the month that it was earned. Payment of earnings in months subsequent to the month in which it was earned will result in the pay being distributed according to the SPAR for the month in which it was paid, which may differ from the SPAR distribution in the month earned. This is particularly troublesome for summer pay that is issued in the fall term months or in months after the sponsored project end date has passed. Please be sure to pay faculty for their services in the month that the service was performed.